Reviews

“Krauth’s debut is alive with ideas about isolation and connection in the digital age, particularly the way the internet raises the stakes of teenage rebellion.”

“A wholly original book whose teenage heroine gets more convincing and complex as the book progresses.”

— Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Age

“So rarely do debut novels succeed on so many levels. Krauth is obviously a writer determined to unearth the injustices and inadequacies of our culture … young Layla and her struggle echo on long after reading.”

“It’s a gut-wrenching book, taking readers to dark places and introducing characters on the precipice … It’s about our world, right now, and it’s a little bit brilliant.”

“It’s a book that I found compelling, brilliantly written, and on the surface, easy and quick to read. But it was afterwards that the themes still resonated with me: power, relationships, of love and failure, of vulnerability and abuse.”